Description
This document describes the design requirements for the geothermal heat pump (GHP) module being added to the existing REopt Lite web tool. This document describes the purpose, users, and functional requirements to which the modified web tool shall conform. This document will be revised, as required, throughout the development phase with consensus between the Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and NREL.
The GHP module will expand existing REopt Lite capabilities to include techno-economic optimization of GHP systems, either stand alone, or integrated with the other existing technology types, namely solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, battery energy storage, thermal energy storage, combined hear and power (CHP), and absorption chiller.
Included in this submission are links to the REopt Lite web tool, API, and open-source Git-Hub page. The REopt Lite tool can also be accessed directly via the NREL Developer Network. A link is also provided for the REopt report that overviews the module's capabilities.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| REopt Lite - API | HTML | The API allows users and software developers to programmatically interface with the REopt Lite web tool. The API can be used to evaluate multiple sites and perform sensitivity analyses in an efficient manner, and to integrate REopt Lite capabilities into other tools. The REopt Lite API is available on the NREL developer network. | Open resource |
| REopt Lite - NREL Developer Network | HTML | The REopt Lite tool can also be accessed directly via the NREL Developer Network. | Open resource |
| REopt Lite GHP Design Requirements.pdf | This document describes the requirements for the REopt Lite GHP model. | Open resource | |
| REopt Lite - GitHub | HTML | The model for the REopt Lite API, which is used as the back-end for the REopt Lite Webtool, and can be accessed directly via the NREL Developer Network. | Open resource |
| REopt Lite - Webtool | HTML | The web interface allows users to easily input data, run analyses, and view results for a single site in a graphical user interface. | Open resource |
| REopt Overview Report - A Platform for Energy System Integration and Optimization | This report provides an overview of the model, including its capabilities and typical applications; inputs and outputs; economic calculations; technology descriptions; and model parameters, variables, and equations. | Open resource |